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PASSENGER LIST OF THE ROTHSAY CASTLE, LOST OFF ANGLESEA 17 AUGUST 1831
I compiled this from various contemporary sources, including newspapers and Thomas Adshead’s A Circumstantial Narrative of The Loss of the Rothsay Castle, published in 1833. No official list existed, so there may be others. An * beside a name denotes that the person survived. Anyone with additional information is welcome to contact me, and gaps can be filled in.

Name

Age

Where from

Job. Family relationship etc

Jane Alexander

 

Liverpool

 

Atkinson Lieut. John RN

  

Commander

Appleton, Thomas

13

Bury

13 year old child of Mrs Tarry by a former marriage to Samuel Appleton (born 16/9/1818

Appleton Mary

10

Bury

Ditto age 10

Baldwin

 

London

Solicitor

Captain Barton

 

Cork

 

Bottomley William

 

Rakewood Rochdale

 

*Broadhurst William

 

Sheffield

 

Broadhurst Margaret

 

Sheffield

Daughter of William Broadhurst

Broadhurst Ellen

 

Sheffield

Daughter of William Broadhurst

Brandreth James

 

Chorlton cum Hardy

 

Brown Josiah/John

 

Chesterfield

Brazier and Tin-man

Charles Thomas

Possibly the man baptised 7 Aug 1791 at St Mary the Virgin, Bury, son of James Charles

Bury

shoemaker

Cooke Samuel

 

Bangor

Fruit dealer

*Coxhead John

 

Size Lane London

 

Crow Mr

 

Beaumaris

 

Crow Jane

 

Beaumaris

Wife of Mr. Crow

Crow (young child)

 

Beaumaris

Child of Mr and Mrs Crow

Day John

 

Wakefield

 

Denson

  

Son of Edward Denson of Chester

*Duckworth John

 

Shuttleworth, Bury

 

Duckworth, Mrs Betty

43

Shuttleworth, Bury

Wife of John Duckworth

*Duckworth Lawrence

 

Edenfield, Bury

 

Duckworth Mrs Mary

33

Edenfield, Bury

Wife of Lawrence Duckworth

Dyson Humphrey

c.30

Church Gate or Old Church-Yard, Manchester

Watchmaker, unmarried, but with dependent relatives

Entwhistle Thomas

45 or 38,

Grime Cotte, Edenfield, Bury

cotton spinner

Evans Richard

 

Piebron

 

*Evans Evan

  

Crew sailor

Faulkner Ann

30

Manchester

Wife of Charles Travis Faulkner, leaving 5 other children at home..Buried in Manchester, at Newton Chapelry

Faulkner Amelia

4

Manchester

Amelia born 11/6/27

Faulkner Frederick

3 months

Manchester


Williams E A

21

 

Ann Faulkner’s maidservant

Faulkner George

 

Young Street, Manchester

Calenderer

Faulkner Mrs George

 

Young Street, Manchester

Wife of George Faulner

Fisher Mr ---

 

Broker

Liverpool

Fitton James

 

Seedfield, Bury

Farmer to Mr Edward Grundy

Unnamed footman

 

London

Employed by William Forster q.v

Forster William Martin and a footman

 

Lincoln’s Inn, London

lawyer

Jane Forster

 

London

Wife of William Forster

Fox Simon

57

Rathmines, Dublin

 

Griffiths Jane

27

 

Wife of Michael Griffiths

Griffiths (child)

  

Child of Michael Griffitha

Griffifths Michael

 

Beaumaris

Ship’s carpenter/seaman

*Hammond George

 

Leeds

 

Mrs George Hammond

 

Leeds

Wife of George Hammond. Refused to be tied to him as he had a chance. Sea washed her away as they argued it

*Hammond Henry

 

Liverpool

Woodcarver. Cutting ornaments on the ship during the trip to save time

Harwood R. R.

 

Chesterfield

Chemist and druggist

Howarth Rachel

16

 

Mrs Tarrey’s servant, daughter of James Howarth, butcher, of Rock Street Bury,

*Hughes William

  

Crew

*Hughes -

11

 

Son of above

Jackson John

  

Fireman of RC

Jones Edward*

 

Bangor

 

Jones Robert

   

* Jones William*

 

Liverpool

Liverpool Pilot , of boat No. 7. Deck passenger

Jones William

  

Fireman of RC

Jones William

  

Steward of RC expert swimmer who had saved lives while a seaman. Tied to wife. 32

Jones Ellen

33

 

Wife of above

Joseph

14

 

Boy of colour; crew

Kearney James

 

Q

Assist Steward

King George

 

Moss Mill Rochdale

Son of a manufacturer

King?----

  

Nephew of above

Keats Mary

 

Cheadle

 

Lamb Selina

23/24

Bury

Bar maid and Chambermaid of Grey Mare Inn, Bury

Leech John

22

Traveller of Messrs Royle and Co, chester

 

Lees Benjamin

 

Whitworth, Rchdale

Colliery superintendent

Leigh James

 

Byrom Street Liverpool

Soap Boiler

Lucas Josepth

47

Liverpool

left an elderly blind mother and 4 children

Lucas Elizabeth

54

Liverpool

Wife of Joseph Lucas

Lucas Margaret

24

Liverpool

Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Lucas

Mallinson George

c. 60

Back Lad Lane, Manchester

Bricklayer, a widower,

* Marsden Sidney James

 

Sandall Wakefield

May not have been on the ship

McCarthy Red Simon

 

Rathmines, Dublin

Catholic Priest

*Martin James

 

Cable Street Liverpool

Shoemaker,

Metcalf Mark

 

Marylebone, Liverpool

Leather cutter

Morris Owen*

  

Crew - rigger

Mullet (Edward?)

 

London

Forster’s footman

Nuttall John*

 

Bury

Druggist

Overend John

22

Oldham

 

Owen Rev. Owen

33

Beaumaris

Appointed Head of Ruthin School.

Owen margaret

29

Beaumaris

Sister of Owen Owen

Owen mary

21

Beaumaris

Sister of Owen Owen

Parry John

c. 70

Manchester, Ardwick,

Father to clerk of the Collegiate Church and Secretary to the Manchester Whip Club. .

Buried at Bangor

Parry Mrs John

c. 61

Ardwick Manchester

Wife of John Parry, Buried at Bangor

Payne John

 

Salford

draper

Payne Frances*

  

Wife of John Payne

Raphael Alexander

 

Fitrzroy Square London

 

Reddish Thomas

 

Cincinnati

 

Rogers

 

Wrexham

 

*Rudland Elliot

  

Musician on RC

Selwyn Henry

 

Bath

 

Selwyn Catherine Harriette

38

Bath

Wife of Henry Selwyn –taller than her husband

Sharp

  

Musician

Shaw Jonathan

 

New Bailey Bridge, Manchester

Watch spring maker/ draper and hosier aged 25 left widow no children; only married 18 months, fomer Sunday school teacher who had set up in business and doing well.

Souza de, Henry

 

Liverpool

Married Leigh’s sister. Buried at St Nicholas catholic church, Liverpool

Tarry William,

 

Bury

Land agent to Earl of Derby 55

Tarry Mrs Alice

 

Bury

36 Wife of William; nee Alice Horrocks of White Lion Inn Bury, married on 24/9/1828

Tarry Betsy

12

 

William Tarry’s daughter by his second marriage to Margaret Cass in 1814

Tarry Thomas

11

 

William Tarrey’s son by his second marriage to Margaret Cass in 1814

Tarry John

14 months

 

William Tarrey’s child by Alice

Thomas Mrs

  

Wife of a Liverpool seaman

Thomas Robert

2years 9 months

 

Son of Mrs Thomas

Thompson, John

 

Bradford

Solicitor

Thompson Harriet

 

Bradford

 

*Tinne John A

?23

St Anne’s Street, Liverpool

Of firm Sandbach Tinne and Co, West India Merchants, Liverpool St Anne’s Street . Probably born 16/2/1807, the son of Philip Tinne and Margaret Rose. Company in business until 1970


*unknown male

 

Ireland

Reportedly a cattle driver

Vavasour William

  

Mate

Vouse/Vause Thomas

c. 30

Manchester

Stonemason/briclayer

Vouse/Vause Ann

c.30

Manchester

Wife of Thomas Vouse/Vause

Walmsley William

32

Seedfield, Bury

Dyer . 2 small children left at home

Walmsley Mary

30

Seedfield, Bury

Wife of William Walmsley

Walmsley Henry

5

Seedfield, Bury

Eldest son of Henry and Margaret Walmsley

Walmsley Margaret

27?

Boor Edge, Bury

Aunt to William Walmsley (despite their ages) and about to marry James Fitton

Warrener James

?28/30

Lombard Street Manchester

Stonemason, no children

Warrener Mrs ----

33

Lombard Street Manchester

Wife of James Warrener

Warrener Robert

27

Manchester

Brother of James Warrener. Had two more children at home

Warrener Mrs ----

c. 25

Manchester

Wife of Robert Warrener

Warrener Benjamin

10 months

 

Son of Robert Warrener

West John

  

Musician of RC

Wheeler Alexander

 

Edgebaston.Birmingham

Tea dealer and member of the Society of Friends –on board with Mr King and Mr Lees

The three men engaged in solemn prayer then sat down and waited for the end

Whittaker Robert*

?34

Silver Street, Bury

Brazier and tinsmith

Whitttaker James

8

Bury

Only son of Robert Whittaker

Whittaker Mary*

 

Bury

Shopkeeper. Sister of Robert Whittaker - Referred to as Miss Whittaker.

Whittaker Thomas

6

Bury

Mary Whittaker’s son

Wildgoose William

  

Engineer of RC

Wilkinson John

C 35

Bury

Joiner and builder

Williams Colonel R

 

Caernarvon

 

Willis Mrs Margaret

 

Manchester

 

*Wilson Henry

 

Manchester

 

Wilson Mrs,

  

Wife of Henry Wilson - wanted him to save himself for sake of children

Woolston J

 

Bishop’s castle

 

Wooston Mrs ----

 

Bishop’s castle

 

Woolston (child)

 

Bishop’s castle

 
    
Thanks to Christine Hartley for updating information on the Faulkners.

I have been doing my own additional research into some of the passengers, and particularly the Whittakers. Robert Whittaker was the eldest son of Edmund and his wife Ann [Royley]. He was born on 1st Feb 1794 and baptised fifteen days later at St Mary The Virgin, the parish church in Bury. Two siblings came along - Tomas in 1795 and Alice in 1799 before the birth of his sister Mary on 15th February 180. A final sister, Ann, was born in 1809. 

Robert married Catherine Sherwin on 18th September 1822 in Bury and the marriage soon  produced a son,  James, on 30th July 1823. He was the only child of the marriage. Robert's tinsmithing business was carried on at 7 Silver Street, Bury, according to Pigot's 1828 directory. Robert survived the wreck of the Rothsay Castle but his son did not, and in 1834 he wife died. The following year on 24th February, he remarried, to Rachel Ashton, according to the Bishop's Transcripts. The marriage took place at Middleton and was by licence. Robert himself died in 1849 and was buried on 14th Oct 1849. The best candidate for his second wife is a Rachel Ashton born at Middleton in 1793 and baptised on 1st November. She was the daughter of a weaver, Samuel Ashton,and his wife, and the family lived at Heap.

Robert's sister Mary, who, unlike his wife, was with him on the Rothsay Castle,  also lost her only child, Thomas, in the disaster. Thomas was the illegitimate son of Mary and a local wheelwright, Samuel Statter. The latter was the same age as Mary, born 19 June 1805, to George and Betty [Fletcher], so not quite twenty when the boy was born. The parish record makes it clear that he was not Mary's husband, and after this reference he seems to disappear from view in the records. It is possible that Mary lived with her brother and his wife. Later there is a Mary Whittaker who lived as a housekeeper for the Warburtons at Edenfield, Bury. Her age matches 'our' Mary and she is enumerated as a widow, but there is nothing to identify her as the survivor of the Rothsay Castle disaster.

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